Automatic filling-replenishing loom.



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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3, 1902.

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No. 718,576.V J. NORTHROP.

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AUTOMATIC FILLING REPLENISHING LOOM.

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JONAS NORTHROP, OF I-IOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR- TO DRAPERCOMPANY, OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

AUTOMATIC FILLIN'G-REPLENISHING LOOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,576, dated January13, 1903.

Application filed February 3, 1902. Serial No. 92,424. (No model.)

, I the supply in the shuttle, the latter is provided with a freshsupply of filling by suitable replenishing mechanism automaticallyactuated. Such looms require means for effecting automatically suchcooperation of the zo fresh filling-thread and the 'shuttle' as willenable the thread to be properly delivered from the shuttle as the sameis shot back and forth through the shed, such means beingcomprehensively termed automatic selfthreading means. Means forperforming such function and carried by the shuttle are in very extendeduse and operate successfully, the operation, however, being dependentlargely, if. not Wholly, upon the position 3o of the filling-threadbetween the filling-supply in the shuttle and the replenishiug mechlanism when the shuttle makes its first shot after replenishment, andthisshot and the following return-shot are necessary to effect the completethreading of the shuttle. If the filling-thread is not in the properposition on the first shot, the second shot cannot effect the threadingof the shuttle, a misthread resulting, with filling breakage, and a newfill- 4o ing-supply must be inserted in the shuttle. This causes lossofpicks, and provision must be made forarresting take-up and letting backmore or less according to the number of picks lost to prevent thinplaces in the cloth and the product of the loom is reduced.

In another application, Serial No. 92,423, filed by me and pendingconcurrently herewith, l have shown novel means for positively insuringthe proper delivery of the filling 5o from the shuttle after fillingreplenishment, the cooperation of the filling-thread and the deliverymeans being effected positively and surely at the instant ofreplenishment, the thread being so confined as to draw off substantiallyin axial alinement with the fillingsupply, and in such application thesubsequent introduction of the filling-thread into the delivery eye ofthe shuttle is through the movementV ot' the latter then automaticallyaccomplished. That invention absolutely prevents misthreads, and thedelivery of the filling is not at all dependent upon the completeso-called threading of the shuttle.

My present invention also has for its object the production of means forpreventing misthreads and for positively and surely effectingdeliverable coperation of the fillingthread aud the shuttle at the timeof replenishment; but by the construction forming the subject of thisapplication I completely 7o thread the shuttle while it is at rest andpractically simultaneously with filling-replenishment, the termthreading7 being here used in its usual sense as indicating theinsertion of the filling-thread in the delivery-eye of the shuttle,preferably located in its side.

The various novel features of my invention will be hereinafterdescribed, and particularly pointed out in the following claims.

Figure l is a front elevation of a portion of a loom equipped withautomatic filling-re- -plenishing mechanism of the type shown in UnitedStates Patent No. 529,940 and with one embodiment of my presentinvention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a part-sectional view 85 thereof onthe irregular line 2 2, Fig. 1,1ooking toward the left, the parts beingshown in normal posit-ion. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a portion only ofthe mechanism shown in Fig. 2, but with such parts in the positionassumed at the instant the fresh supply of filling has been inserted inthe shuttle, the fresh filling-thread having been brought into thedelivery-eye of the shuttle. Fig. 4 is a top or plan View of thereplenishing end of the lay 95 with the shuttle-box thereon and theshuttle boxed, showing in plan the means for eecting the threading ofthe shuttle before the latter is picked. Fig. 5 is an inner sideelevation of the opener for the thread-retaining lid on the shuttle andthe thread-inserter, to be hereinafter described. Fig. 6 is an enlargedtop or plan view of the delivery end of the shuttle with the threadingmeans thereon. Fig. 7 is a side elevation thereof, showing thedelivery-eye of the shuttle. Fig. Sis a transverse section on the line 88, Fig. 6, looking toward the right. Fig. 9 isa similar section on theline 9 9, Fig. 6; Fig. 10 is a similar view taken through theretaining-lid on the line 10 10, Fig. 6. Fig. 11 is a like view butshowing the lid raised to permit insertion of the filling-thread intothe delivery-eye. Fig. 12 is a side elevation of the threading meansdetached from the shuttle viewed from the delivery side. Fig. 13 is anopposite side elevation of said means; and Fig. 14 is a plan view ofsaid means and the retaining-lid, the latter having been moved away toshow more clearly the other portion of the thread-delivering means,which is mounted on the shuttle and on which the lid is movably mounted.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 3, the loom-frame A, lay A3, having the bottomof one of its shuttleboxes, as BX, slotted to permit passagetherethrough of an ejected fillingcarrier, the bunter C2 on the lay, andthe breast-beam A40 are and may be of usual or Well-known construction.The filling-replenishing mechanism and the means for intermittinglyrotating the filling-feeder F, forming a part thereof, are and may besubstantially as in United States Patent No. 664,790, dated December 25,1900. The filling-carriers or supplies b of filling are removed one byone from the feeder by the transferrerf", mounted to rock on a stud f,secured lo the stand A7, a downturned tip-engaging device 22 beingsecured to the end of a lateral arm 2l, secured to the transferrer. Asin said Patent No. 664,790, a rock-shaft CZ is held in normal positionby a spring d3, attached at one end to a rocker-arm dx, which controlsthe movement of a swinging shuttle-feeler yX, having a branch y2. Thisbranch, acting against a lug m14 on the carrier 'm13 of the notched dogm15, holds the latter out of the path of the bunter C2, as in Figs. 1and 2, the carrier m13 being secured to a rocker-stud m12, mounted inthe depending end f3 of the transferrer, a spring mx, Fig. 1, tendingalways to turn the rocker-stud, and thereby move the dog into thebunter-path. When the rock-shaft d is turned in the direction of arrow15, Fig. 2, as it will be upon such a change in the condition of thefilling as hereinbefore referred to, the dog m15 will be engaged by thebunter C2 on the beat-up ot' the lay and the replenishing mechanism willbe operated in well-known manner, the shuttle being properly boxed. InFig. 3 the parts are in the position assumed when the freshfilling-carrier is in the shuttle S, provided with suitable holdingmeans, as jaws s', Fig. 4, to engage and hold the head of thefilling-carrier.

Referring to Fig. 1, a disk b2, having a holding-stud b3, is secured tothe outer end of the feeder F to rotate therewith, the filling end tbeing led from the tip of each filling-supply in the feeder, over theedge of disk b2, and then to the stud b3 to hold such end whenreplenishment of filling takes place. For a reason to be referred to,however, the filling end is not led in a direct line from the feeder tothe disk b2; but, as shown in Fig. 1, it is slanted or so set that itspoint of engagement with the disk b2 will be in advance angularly of thefilling-supply from which it is led, the feeder rotating in direction ofarrow 16, Fig. 2. The front wall bx of the shuttle-box B is lnadesomewhat shorter than usual at its outer end to expose the sidedelivery-eye s2 of the shuttle when the latter is properly boxed, andthe front of the lay is notched, as at a3, Figs. 1 and 4, at the outerside of an upturned actuator c, fixed on the lay, for purposes to bedescribed. The hub f2 of the transferrer is partly embraced by thesegmental end y25 of a bracket 26, the shape of which is best shown inFig. 1, extended laterally toward the outer end of the fixed stud f,which is herein made longerthan usual, the outer end of the bracketforming a segmental seat 27 for the circular hub 28 of an arm 29, saidhub being mounted to rock on the studf and adjustably secured to theseat 27 by a set-screw 30, passed through a slot 31 in said seat.Aset-screw 32, passed through a slot 33 in the inner end 25 of thebracket into the hub f2, adjustably secures the bracket to said hub, andby such connection the arm 29 will rock in unison with the transferrerand about the same fulcrum f. The arm 29 is located opposite the outerend of the shuttle-box BX, as best shown in Fig. 4, and its top 34 iswidened to form a firm support for a lid-opener, shown as a piece ofstiff metal 35, having its rear end reduced and downturned, as at 36,for a purpose to be described, said lid-opene1` being adjustably securedon the arm 29 by a suitable bolt 37, passed through longitudinal andoverlapping slots 3S 39 in the opener and top of the arm 29,respectively. The said arm, has also a depending ear 40, (see Fig. 5,)provided on its rear edge with a notch 41 to receive the lateralstop-lug 42 on a rocker 43, shown as fulcrumed at 44 on the ear 40 andhaving a depending laterally-extended lug 45, movable into the path ofthe actuator a4 when a change of filling is effected, as will bedescribed. The rocker 43 has adjustably secured to it, as by a bolt 46,the thread-inserter, a casting of peculiar shape and best shown in Figs.1, 2, and 5. The body 47 of the inserter is longitudinally slotted at 48to receive the bolt 46, and the rear end of the body is bent to form agooseneck 49, the downturned bill 50 of the gooseneck being also bentoutwardly, asin Figs. 1 and 4. The downturned hook thus formed by thegooseneck and its bill is'adapted to hook over the filling end betweenthe outer end of the filling-feeder F and the disk b2 as thecorresponding filling-carrier is transferred from the feeder to theshuttle, and after the transferrerf has been depressed by cooperation ofthe bunter C2 and dog m15 the IOO IIO

actuator d4 Will by the completion of the forward movement of the layengage the offset lug 45 and rock the gooseneck about the center 44 intothe position shown in Fig. 3, a spring 51, attached to the lid-openerand thread-inserter, normally maintaining the gooseneck in the positionshown in Figs. 2 and 5, with the stop-lug 42 in the notch 41. It will beremembered, however, that the movement of the gooseneck will at first bein unison with the movement of the transferrer f and about a commonfulcrum f during the exceedingly short portion of time which elapsesbetween the engagement of the bunter C2 and the notcheddog and thesubsequent engagement of the actuator '21.4 with the lug 45, so that thecomplete movement of the gooseneck from normal position to the positionshown in Fig. 3 is compound. -The first part of its movement brings thegooseneck into engagement with the filling end t, and the Iinal part ofsuch movement positively inserts the filling end in the thread-passageand delivery-eye of the shuttle, such passage and eye having beenpreviously opened by or through the action of the downturned end 36 ofthe lid-opener 3 5, as will be described.

In Fig. 4 the lid-opener is shown as having opened the lid of thethreading means onV the shuttle,andvthe filling end or thread t is shownas having been inserted by the gooseneck into the thread-passage anddelivery-eye,the notch o3 in the front of the lay permitting the finalmovement of the thread-inserter. As soon as the pressure of' theactuator d4 upon the lug 45 is removed, as by the backward movement ofthe lay, the spring 51 instantly operates to swing the thread-inserterupward on its fulcrum 44 into the relative position shown in Fig. 5, andthereafter as the transferrer f resumes its normal position thelid-opener and thread-inserter will be moved bodily therewith back intotheir normal positions (shown in Fig. 2) and entirely out of the way ofthe filling-thread as the threaded shuttle is shot from the shuttle-boxBX. In order that the thread-inserter may engage the lilling-thread, ashas been described, it is necessary to set the filling end ahead of thedisk b2, as shown in Fig. 1 and hereinbefore referred to, as otherwisethe thread-inserter could not catch the thread to insert it uponmovement of the inserter into operative position.

The construction ofthe threading or threaddelivering means ou theshuttle will now be described, having reference more particularly v toFigs. 6 to 14, inclusive.

The body of the shuttle S is provided with an upright edge S5 at itsrear,v while the upright and beveled front wall has preferably securedto it a friction-pad S6, of felt or other suitable tension-producingmaterial, the friction-pad and upright edge S5 forming,with the shelfs4,a reentrant opening in the side of the shuttle, constituting aspecies of vestibule, as it were, for the delivery-eye s2. Thethreading-block is preferably made as' a casting and comprises a base60, having a depending threadedstud 61 to pass through a hole in thebottom of the shuttle and to receive a retaining-nut 62, which entersthe countersunk end of the hole s7in the shuttle,as shown in Fig. 10. Anadditional securing device comprises a transverse bolt 63,passed throughthe shuttle from side to side and through a hole 64 in the base 60.

Referring to Fig. 14, the base has a diagonal thread passage or groove65, which, as shown in Fig. 6, has its inner end substantially oppositeand in front of the tip of the filling-carrier, in axial alinementtherewith, while its outer end s2` constitutes the lower part of thedelivery-eye and opens out upon the shelfs4. At its front end the basehas an upturned transverse ear 66 and at its rear end a second ear 67,said ears supporting a pin 68, on which is fulcrumed the lid to bedescribed. The ear 66 is upwardly and forwardly extended, as at 69,presenting astop-shoulder 70, while the ear 67 is upwardly extended andconvexed, as at 71, to form one side of a iiaring mouth for the passage65, the opposite side of the mouth or entrance being formed by the innerend of the outwardly beveled or flared front wall 72 ofthethread-passage, said front wall having a recess or pocket 73 therein.The front upright edge of the said wall is rearwardly beveled, as at 74,and inside such beveled edge the wall has an upright recess 75, thelower end of which is just above and immediately in front of the eye s2,Fig. 14. A movable lid member 76 has a longitudinal rib 77 on its topalong its rear edge and two depending ears 78 79 on its under side, (seeFig. 13,) the fulcrum-pin 68 passing through the ears to therebypivotally support the member 76, the ears thereof entering between theupturned ears 66 67 on the base. The edge of the member -76 istransversely convexed, and the ear 78 is extended forward, as at 80, toconstitute the lid proper for the eye s2, said lid being adapted toenter the groove under normal conditions (see Fig. 10) and contact withthe bottom thereof to thus positively close the open top or entrance tothe said eye, a spring 312, Figs. 10 and 13, acting upon the lid member76 back of its fulcrum to retain it in the position IOO IIO

lid S0 the member 76 is cut away to present a shoulder S3, which buttsagainst the upright shoulder when the lid is in normal position tothereby close the space between the lid and the convex front face of the,extension 69 and prevent the thread from being caught. At its rear endthe member 76 is shaped to form a downturned guard S4, which normallyspans the inner end of the passage 65 and enters the recess 73 in itsfront wall, the rear edge of the guard being concaved, as at 85.

Referring to Fig. 6, it will be seen that when the parts are in normalcondition the passage 65 is covered by the lid member 76 from the rearedge of the guard S4 to the delivery-eye s2, the latter being shut bythe lid 80, as described, and if the thread has been inserted in the eyewhile open it cannot thereafter escape and is positively retainedtherein. The convex upper and front surfaces of the guard 84 and member76 act to direct the thread thereover and down into the thread-passageback of the eye, and when the thread is drawn beneath the point of theguard the latter prevents it from throwing or twisting out of theentrance end of the passage. A transverse slot S6 in the rear end of thebase GO receives a piece S7 of felt or other suitable friction materialto act upon the thread asit is drawn through the passage to thedelivery-eye.

Referring to Figs. 7 and l2, the front wall of the passage 65 has adepending prong SS, which enters the shuttlewood and bears against theupright rear Wall $5 of the vestibule to present a smooth surface forthe thread to pass over during its delivery when the shuttle is thrownfrom left to right. So long as the loom continues to run under properoperative conditions the parts mou nted on the shuttle will remain inthe relative p0- sitions shown in Figs. 6 to l0, but when fillingreplenishing is necessary a rapid change is effected. Vhen thetransferrerf' is moved to insert a fresh supply of llingin the shuttle,the lid-opener 35 is moved until its tip 36 engages the top of themember 76 against the rib 77 behind the fulcrum, and as the llingsupplyenters the shuttle the lid-openei1 will tilt the member 76into theposition shown in Fig. ll against the action of the spring S12 tothereby open the delivery-eye s2 of the shuttle. At the same time thetransferrer movement has brought the thread-inserter into operativeposition, so that the gooseneck 49 hooks over the fresh filling-threadjust outside the shuttle and near the delivery-eye. Then as the laycompletes its forward movement the actuator a4 hits the lug 45 and rocksthe thread-inserter on the center 44 into the position shown in Fig. 3,thereby drawing the thread down over the convex front of the member 76and the front edge of the lid 8O between the parts 69 and 74 and intothe then open eye. As the lay swings back thereafter the lid closes downonto the open top of the eye, absolutely preventing withdrawal of thethread, and the thread is ready for instant delivery before the shuttlehas started from the replenishing shuttle-boX-. c., before it has beenpicked. When the thread is inserted in the eye, as described, it may ormay not at the same time shed over the guard 84 and into thethread-passage 65; butif it does not do so immediately the pull of thethread will soon cause it to slide down between the convexed front edgeof the member 76 and the flared face of the wall 72 into the passage andunder the guard, the point of which enters but does not touch the bottomof the recess 73, as shown in Fig. 9. So far as effective operation isfconcerned the shuttle is completely threaded for delivery of the fillingbefore the shuttle leaves the shuttle-box and at the instant of fillingreplenishing. The bottom of the passage 65, leading to the delivery-eye,is practically in a horizontal plane intersecting the center of thefillingcarrier, so that the thread is drawn off the latter in a linevery closely coinciding with the longitudinal axis of thefilling-carrier, so that there is no undue strain on the thread due tooblique pull on the iirst pick after replenishment. After the thread isinserted in the passage 65 and the eye and confined therein its path iseasy and free.

The end of the supply of filling from which the thread draws off duringWeaving is termed the delivery end of the filling-supply andis sodesignatedin some of the following claims.

My invention is not restricted to the precise construction andarrangement shown and described, as the same may be modilied or variedin different particulars without departing from the spirit and scope ofmy invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a loom provided with automatic filling-replenishing mechanism, ashuttle adapted to contain a supply of filling and provided with athread-receiving passage terminating in a delivery-eye, and a movablelid for said passage, combined with a lid-opener, and a thread-inserter,operative upon filling replenishing to move the lid and eifect theinsertion of the fresh filling-thread into the thread-passage.

2. In a loom provided with automatic lling-replenishing mechanism, ashuttle adapted to contain a supply of filling and provided with adelivery-eye, and a movable lid for and normally closing the entrance tosaid eye, combined with a lid-opener and threadinserting means,operative upon filling replenishing to retract the lid and positivelyinsert the fresh filling-thread in the delivery-eye.

3. In a loom provided with automatic filling-replenishing mechanism, ashuttle adapted to contain a supply of filling and provided with adelivery-eye having a flaring entrance, and a normally closed lid tocomplete the eye,

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combined With a lid-opener and thread-inserting means operativesuccessively upon actuation of the iilliug-replenishing mechanism, tofirst move the lid to open the eye-entrance,and then insert the freshfilling-thread into the open eye through the Haring entrance thereof.

4. In a loom provided with automatic filling-replenishing mechanism, ashuttle adapted to contain a supply of filling and provided With a sidedelivery-eye, and a movable lid for and normally closing the entrancevto said eye, combined with a lid-opener operative by or throughactuation of the replenishing mechanism, to lift the lid, means toinsert the fresh filling-thread into the eye When the lid is lifted, andan independent actuator for and to operate said means subsequent to theopening of the eye.

5. In a loom provided With automatic lling-replenishing mechanism, ashuttle adapted to contain a supply of filling and provided With a sidedelivery-eye, a thread-passage leading from the interior ofthe shuttleto and terminatingin said eye, and a normallyclosed lid for thedelivery-eye and adapted to overhang said passage, combined With meansto lift the lid to open the eye and clear the passage upon fillingreplenishing, and independent means to effect the insertion of the freshfillingthread in said passage and the eye While open.

6. In a loom provided with automatic filling-replenishing.mechanism, ashuttle adapted to contain a supplyof filling and provided with a sidedelivery-eye, a thread-passage leading diagonally from in front of thetip end of the filling-supply to the delivery-eye of the shuttle, and amovable lid to normally close the eye, combined with means independentof the shuttle to positively open the lid and insert the freshlling-t-hread in the passage and into the open eye upon actuation of thereplenishing mechanism.

7. In a loom provided with automatic filling-replenishing mechanism, ashuttle ada-pted to contain a supply of filling and provided Witha sidedelivery-eye, and a spring-controlled lid forming the top of andnormally closing the eye, said lid having a convex thread-directingsurface, combined with a device operative to move the lid and open theeye When a fresh supply of filling is insertedin the shuttle, and meansto automatically engage the fresh filling-thread and positively insertthe same in the delivery-eye While the lid is retracted.

S. In a loom provided with automatic filling-replenishing mechanism, ashuttle adapt-- ed to contain a supply of iillingand provided With anormally closed delivery eye, and means mounted independently of theshuttle to automatically open the eye and positively engage and inserttherein the fresh fillingthread When a fresh filling-supply is insertedin the shuttle.

9. In a loom provided YWith automatic filling-replenishing mechanism, ashuttle adapted to contain a supply of filling and provided with anormally closed delivery-eye, means operated by or through fillingreplenishing'to open the eye, and separate means automatically operatedto engage and insert the fresh filling-thread in the eye While open.

IO. In a loom provided with automatic filling-replenishing mechanism, ashuttle adapted to contain a supply of filling and provided With a normally closed delivery-eye, and separate and independently-actuated meansto successively open the delivery-eye, and positively engage and inserttherein the thread of a filling supply freshly inserted in the shuttle.

11. 1u aloom provided with automatic filling-replenishing mechanism, ashuttle adapted to contain a supply of filling and provided With a sidedelivery-eye, and a lid to normally close the top of the eye, combinedWith alidopener operative by actuation of the replenishing mechanism tolift the lid and open the eye when fresh filling is inserted in theshuttle, and means to engage and depress the fresh lling-thread into theopen eye, return of the lid to normal position positively closing theeye and maintaining the thread therein, before the shuttle is picked.

12. In a loom provided With automatic iilling-replenishing mechanism, ashuttle adapted to contain a supply of filling and provided With a sidedelivery-eye having a top entrance and flared side Walls adjacentthereto, and a lid to normally close the entrance and having asubstantially upright guide-groove in its outerface, combined with alid-opener operative upon actuation of the replenishing mechanism tolift the lid and open the eye, and means to automatically engage andinsert into the open eye the fresh filling-thread, the groove in the lidserving to guide the thread upon delivery thereof over the top of theshuttle.

13. In a loom provided with automatic lling-replenishing mechanism, ashuttle adapted to contain a supply of filling and provided with asidedelivery-eye and thread-delivering means, comprising a thread-receivingpassage leading to the eye, and a movable lid for and to normally closethe eye and having at its inner end a depending exteriorly convex guardto overhang the passage near its inner end, combined with a lid-openeroperative upon actuation of the replenishing mechanism to move the lidand open the eye and thread-passage, and means to engage and insert thefresh filling-thread into thev open eye and outer end of the passage,the convex surface of the guard directing the thread into the inner endof the passage, the guard thereafter preventing accidental escape of thethread.

14. In a loom provided With automatic filling-replenishing mechanism,the lay, a shuttle-box thereon adjacent said mechanism, an actuator onthe lay, and a shuttle adapted to IOO IIO

contain a supply of filling and provided with a normally closed deliveryeye, combined with means operative upon actuation of the replenishingmechanism to open the deliveryeye, and means, operated by the actuatoras the lay beats up, to engage the fresh fillingthread and insert it inthe open eye while the shuttle is in the replenishing shuttle-box.

l5. In a loom provided with automatic filling replenishing mechanism,including a transfer-rer, the lay, a shuttle-box thereon adjacent saidmechanism, an actuator on the lay, and a shuttle adapted to contain asupply of filling and provided with a normally closed delivery-eye,combined with means to open the eye, and thread-inserting means, theformer means being actuated by operation of the transferrer and thelatter means being moved thereby into operative position, thethread-inserting means being thereafter operated by the actuator on thelay, to positively insert the fresh filling-thread into the opendelivery-eye of the shuttle While the latter is in the replenishingshuttle-box.

16. In a loom provided with automatic filling-replenishing mechanism, ashuttle adapted to contain a supply of lling and provided with a sidedelivery-eye, and a movable lid to normally close the eye, combined witha lidopener actuated by the replenishing mechanism to lift the lid andopen the delivery-eye, thread-inserting means movable by operation ofsaid mechanism into operative position to engage the fresh lling-thread,and an actuating device to thereafterautomatically effect the operationof said means to positively insert the fresh iilling-thread into thedeliveryeye While the lid thereof is lifted.

17. A shuttle for automat-ic filling-replenishing looms, adapted tocontain a supply of filling and having a delivery-eye with an open top,a straight thread-passage leading from in front of the delivery end ofthe filling-supply directly to the delivery-eye, a pivotally-mounted lidfor the latter, and means to normally maintainthe lid in position topositively close the open top of the eye and partly overhang thethread-passage.

18. A shuttle for automatic filling-replenishing looms, adapted tocontain a supply of lling and having a delivery-eye having an open,flaring top entrance, a straight threadpassage leading from in front ofthe delivery end of the filling-supply to the delivery-eye, the frontWall of said passage being beveled, and a spring-controlled,pivotallymounted lid normally maintained in position to positively closethe open top entrance of the eye and partly overhang the thread-passage.

19. A shuttle for automatic filling-replenishing looms, adapted tocontain a supply of tilling and having a side delivery-eye With anopen-top entrance, a straight thread-passage having a flared inner endlocated in front of the delivery end of the filling-supply and leadingdiagonally and directly to the deliveryeye, a movable lid for thelatter, having a thread-guard for the passage near its inner end, andmeans to normally maintain the lid in position to positively close thetop of the eye and with the thread guard extended across thethread-passage near its inner end.

20. A shuttle for automatic filling-replenishing looms, adapted tocontain a supply of filling and havingadelivery-eye With an open top, athread-passage leading from in front of the delivery end of`thefilling-supply to the delivery-eye, a pivotally-mounted lid having adepending portion to span the outer end of the passage and positivelyclose the open top of the delivery-eye, an overhanging, downturned guardmovable with the lid, to extend across the inner end of thethread-passage, and means to normally depress the lid to close the eyeand maintain the guard in operative position.

2l. A shuttle for automatic `lilling-replenishing looms, adapted tocontain a supply of illing and having a side delivery-eye with an opentop, a diagonal thread-passage leading thereto from in front of thedelivery end of the filling-supply and having its front wall beveled andprovided with a socket near its inner end, a pivotally-mounted memberhaving an exteriorly-convexed, doWnturned portion to form a lid for andto close the open top A of the eye, a downturned, rearwardly-bent guardat the inner end of said pivoted member, to normally span thethread-passage near its inner end and enter the socket, to prevent thefilling thread from being accidentally thrown out of the passage, and aspring to normally maintain the pivoted memberin operative position.

22. In a loom provided With automatic filling-replenishing mechanism, ashuttle adapted to contain a supply of filling and provided with adelivery-eye having a flaring entrance to the top thereof, athread-passage having its inner end substantially in axial alinementwith the filling-supply and leading to the delivery-eye, and a movablelid to normally and positively close the top of the eye, combined withmeans operative upon filling replenishment to move the lid to open theeye, and means to engage and draw the fresh lilling-thread down thedaring entrance into the eye While the latter is open and before theshuttle is picked.

23. In a loom provided with automatic filling-replenishing mechanism,ashuttle adapted to contain asupply of filling and provided withthreading means,includingadelivery-eye having a top entrance, and a lidto normally close the eye, combined with means operative upon llingreplenishment to open the eye and positively insert the freshfillingthread therein before the shuttle is picked.

24. In a loom provided with automatic filling-replenishing mechanism, ashuttle adapted to contain a supply of lling and provided with anormally closed delivery-eye, a threadpassage leading to the eye andhaving its bottom substantially in a horizontal plane con- IIO tainingthe longitudinal axis of the fillingname to this specification in thepresence of supply, means operated upon filling replentwo subscribingWitnesses. ishing to open the eye, and separate means to automaticallyengage and insert the fresh 5 filling-thread in the passageand thedelivery- Witnesses:

JONAS NoRTHRoP.

eye While the latter is open.

CLARE H. DRAPER, In testimony whereof I have signed my FRANK J. DUTCHER.

